republicans in congress suggest that maybe america shouldn t pay its bills that have already been run up. that we should shut down government if they can t shut down obama care. you know, that won t grow our economy. as more republicans realize that shutting down the a new p i actually don t think if there is a smart strategy on the obama care, they want to do it on the don t do it on the shutdown, because our economy is so precarious right now. and shutting down the government won t stop obama care one bit. eric cantor said this idea is a good leverage point. obama care is one of the many things we can pursue. joining me now, dr. howard dean.
that deliver for american students and our future. while the president doesn t need congressional authority to rank colleges based on value he does need congress sign-off to redirect aid to high-ranking schools and he was clear about the obstacles he faces. rather than keeping focus on a growing economy that creates good middle class jobs, we ve seen a faction of republicans in congress suggest that maybe america shouldn t pay its bills that have already been run up, that we should shut down government if they can t shut down obama care. and joining us now from washington is moderate of meet the press, david gregory. david, this is a pretty ambitious plan the president is talking about. you ve seen this dramatic decline in the amount of funding colleges are getting from the states. this is talking about making that money contingent about whether a school provides good value. pretty ambitious. yeah, it is ambitious. the president is doing a couple
going, they ve sign up by october 1st and there s new gallup poll that s got some bad news saying those young people are the least familiar with the new health law only 10% of 18 to 34-year-olds saying they are familiar. 34-54 and 18% of 55-year-olds and plus saying they are very familiar. he needs to get them educated in,000 sign up. the president talked a little bit about health care in the case of beating up on republicans he alleges they want to shut down the government over his new law. take a listen. we ve seen a faction of republicans in congress suggest that maybe america shouldn t pay its bills that have already been run up, that we should shut down government if they can t shut down obama care. you know, that won t grow our economy.
are very familiar with it. we ve seen a faction of republicans in congress suggest that maybe america shouldn t pay its bills that are already run up. that we should shut down government, if they can t shut down obama care. reporter: talking college affordability does get young people excited. and today in buffalo, the president unveiled a plan to set up a ranking system for universities that will tie financial aid to how well they re doing on tuition costs and others. the republican chairman praised the president for pushing competition, although klein added i remain concerned that p proposing a college ranking system could curtail the price controls. so with little chance of it passing congress, the president is likely to use executive power, a strategy he has already
live pictures for you now, the president on the road, a two-day bus tour. he is in buffalo right now talking about the rising costs of college. you ve got a program right now to start rating colleges on their tuitions, their graduation rates, their debt and earnings of their graduate, and the percentage of their lower-income students attending and linking those ratings to the government s distribution of federal aid. let s listen. i ve got to say it s not always washington s highest priority, because rather than keeping focus on a growing economy that creates good middle-class jobs, you know, we ve seen a faction of republicans in congress suggest that maybe america shouldn t pay